Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scrobble

/ˈskɹɒbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables: scrob-ble
IPA: /ˈskɹɒbəl/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To waylay, kidnap or steal.

Slang; Transitive verb

verb

To publish one's media consumption habits to the Internet via software, in order to track when and how often certain items are played.

noun

A datum or the aggregate data collected by this means.

Example Sentences

"They've tried to scrobble another clergyman who was walking into Tatchester from Tineton."
"We have no intention of violating their market truce. More of waiting till she has left the market and scrobbling her..."

Etymology

1927, in the book The Midnight Folk by John Masefield.

Usage

Inflected Forms

scrobbles (present, singular) scrobbling (participle, present) scrobbled (participle, past) scrobbled (past) scrobbles (plural)

Rhymes With

chernobyl wobble gobble cobble bobble squabble hobble coble nobble chornobyl knobble

Questions

How do you pronounce scrobble?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈskɹɒbəl/.
What does scrobble mean?: To waylay, kidnap or steal.
Where does scrobble come from?: 1927, in the book The Midnight Folk by John Masefield.

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